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Homer

Born December 31, 1969

Homer (Ancient Greek: Ὅμηρος [hómɛːros]) was an ancient Greek poet who is widely credited as the author of the Iliad and the Odyssey, two epic poems that are foundational works of ancient Greek literature. Despite uncertainties about his authorship, Homer is considered one of the most influential authors in history.

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Homer's Iliad , trans. by Robert Fagles

Homer's Iliad , trans. by Robert Fagles

with Robert Fagles, Bernard Knox and Grahame Baker

Chapman's Homer: The Iliad and The Odyssey

Chapman's Homer: The Iliad and The Odyssey

with George Chapman and Allardyce Nicoll

The Odyssey translated by Robert Fagles

The Odyssey translated by Robert Fagles

Harvard Classics: The Five-Foot Shelf of Books | Seventy-nine great minds, one complete education in world thought

Harvard Classics: The Five-Foot Shelf of Books | Seventy-nine great minds, one complete education in world thought

with Alfred de Musset, John Woolman, William Penn, Thomas Carlyle, Edmund Burke, Edward Everett Hale, Robert Burns, Ben Jonson, Thomas Dekker, Theodor Storm, Philip Massinger, John Fletcher, Francis Beaumont, Robert Browning, Leo Tolstoy, Virgil, John Bunyan, Benvenuto Cellini, Jane Austen, Izaak Walton, Gottfried Keller, Fyodor Dostoevsky, John Dryden and Percy Bysshe Shelley

THE ILIAD AND THE ODYSSEY, NEW TRANSLATIONS BY E. V. RIEU

THE ILIAD AND THE ODYSSEY, NEW TRANSLATIONS BY E. V. RIEU

2026
The Iliad and The Odyssey Homer ILLUSTRATED: The New Modern English Edition (Annotated) - Timeless Lore

The Iliad and The Odyssey Homer ILLUSTRATED: The New Modern English Edition (Annotated) - Timeless Lore

2026
The Odyssey: The Ultimate Greek Epic of Adventure and Survival - A Timeless Mythological Journey of Gods, Monsters, and the Heroic Spirit

The Odyssey: The Ultimate Greek Epic of Adventure and Survival - A Timeless Mythological Journey of Gods, Monsters, and the Heroic Spirit

2026
The Ultimate Iliad & Odyssey: Two Full-Cast Dramatisations: Rediscover the Epic Greek Myths Ahead of the Major Film

The Ultimate Iliad & Odyssey: Two Full-Cast Dramatisations: Rediscover the Epic Greek Myths Ahead of the Major Film

2026
Iliada (Iliada y Odisea 1): Iliada y Odisea 1

Iliada (Iliada y Odisea 1): Iliada y Odisea 1

2026

with Fernando Gutierrez - translator

The Iliad & the Odyssey Deluxe Edition

The Iliad & the Odyssey Deluxe Edition

2025
Yale Classics - The Greatest Works of Ancient Greece

Yale Classics - The Greatest Works of Ancient Greece

2022

with Archilochus, Plutarch, Sappho, Epictetus, Aeschylus, Euripides, Aristophanes and Hesiod

Homer: Iliad Book XVIII

Homer: Iliad Book XVIII

2019
The Odyssey: Audible Iliad & Odyssey, Book 2

The Odyssey: Audible Iliad & Odyssey, Book 2

2018

with Emily Wilson - translator

The Odyssey of Homer. of 5; Volume 2

The Odyssey of Homer. of 5; Volume 2

2018
The Iliad; Volume 1

The Iliad; Volume 1

2016

with F. a. (Frederick Apthorp) 1815-1 Paley

Diomede: From the Iliad of Homer

Diomede: From the Iliad of Homer

2015
The Story of the Iliad: A Dramatic Retelling of Homer's Epic and the Last Days of Troy

The Story of the Iliad: A Dramatic Retelling of Homer's Epic and the Last Days of Troy

2015
Circe and the Cyclops

Circe and the Cyclops

2015
The Iliad of Homer Volume 3-4

The Iliad of Homer Volume 3-4

2013
The Odyssey Homer

The Odyssey Homer

2012
The Complete Works of Homer

The Complete Works of Homer

2009
Homeric Hymns and Other Homerica

Homeric Hymns and Other Homerica

2008
Sirens and Sea Monsters

Sirens and Sea Monsters

2003

with Mary Pope Osborne

The One-Eyed Giant

The One-Eyed Giant

2003

with Mary Pope Osborne

The Gray-eyed Goddess

The Gray-eyed Goddess

2003

with Mary Pope Osborne

The Essential Iliad

The Essential Iliad

2000

with Stanley Lombardo

The Essential Homer : Selections from the Iliad and the Odyssey

The Essential Homer : Selections from the Iliad and the Odyssey

2000

with Stanley Lombardo

Homer Sweet Homer

Homer Sweet Homer

1998

with Carla Jablonski

The Odyssey of Homer, Vol. 4

The Odyssey of Homer, Vol. 4

1992
The Illiad and Odyssey of Homer

The Illiad and Odyssey of Homer

1987
Hermes, Lord of Robbers

Hermes, Lord of Robbers

1971

with Penelope Proddow

Grekisk litteratur: dikter och prosa

Grekisk litteratur: dikter och prosa

1961

with Pindar, Sappho and Plato

Homer

Homer

1952
The Illiad of Homer

The Illiad of Homer

1897
The Odissey

The Odissey

0801
Libros epicos de Homero: La Odisea y La Iliada

Libros epicos de Homero: La Odisea y La Iliada

0801
L'Iliade

L'Iliade

0801
THE ODDYSEY: +Classical Illustrations

THE ODDYSEY: +Classical Illustrations

0801
The Illiad and The Odyssey

The Illiad and The Odyssey

0801
La Iliada & La Odisea

La Iliada & La Odisea

0801

with Edimat Libros

Homer: The Ultimate Collection: The Iliad | The Oddessy

Homer: The Ultimate Collection: The Iliad | The Oddessy

0801
Caixa Homero - Iliada & Odisseia

Caixa Homero - Iliada & Odisseia

0801
Gomer. Odissea

Gomer. Odissea

0801

with Vasily Zhukovsky

La Iliada de Homero

La Iliada de Homero

0801

with Jose Gomez Hermosilla

alalyadht

alalyadht

0801

with hwmyrws

L'Iliade et l'Odyssee

L'Iliade et l'Odyssee

0801
The Odyssey of Homer

The Odyssey of Homer

0801
Iliad & Odyssey

Iliad & Odyssey

0801
The Iliad and the Odyssey

The Iliad and the Odyssey

0801
The Iliad & the Odyssey

The Iliad & the Odyssey

0801
Iliada

Iliada

0801
The Odyssey Rendered into English prose for the use of those who cannot read the original

The Odyssey Rendered into English prose for the use of those who cannot read the original

0801
Ilyada

Ilyada

0751
The Iliad: The Verse Translation by Alexander Pope

The Iliad: The Verse Translation by Alexander Pope

0751
alawdyst

alawdyst

0701

with hwmyrws

La Odisea de Homero

La Odisea de Homero

0701

with Maria Luisa Vial Cox

The Illustrated Odyssey

The Illustrated Odyssey

0701
Homeric Hymns

Homeric Hymns

0601

Graphic novels2

100 Books You Must Read Before You Die - volume 1

100 Books You Must Read Before You Die - volume 1

with Lewis Carroll, Joseph Conrad, Aldous Huxley, E.E. Cummings and E. M. Forster

50 Obras-Primas que Voce Deve Ler Antes de Morrer: Volume 1

50 Obras-Primas que Voce Deve Ler Antes de Morrer: Volume 1

2021

with Maxim Gorky, Sun Tzu, Alexandre Dumas, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Leo Tolstoy, George Orwell, Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Euclides da Cunha, Daniel Defoe and Alain-Fournier

Collections1

The Homer Anthology

The Homer Anthology

2013

Poetry2

The Odyssey

The Odyssey

2017
The Iliad
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The Iliad

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